So far in the semester, I feel that I have made significant progress towards my final research topic. I plan on continuing to explore the question of, “What is an anonymous online author?” I have found numerous sources that I can use to build upon my topic and complete my final paper. Still, I have a long way to go until I will be satisfied with my project.
While I have decided on a research question, I have still not determined the key assumption or theory of my research. I hope that this will evolve as I continue to explore the sites of have bookmarked on Diigo and as I look for more sources. I am planning on revising my slide show presentation so that it clearly communicates the theory of my research. I also hope to find or create more images for my presentation that will better reflect my thought process. I hope to make use of Pixlr.com to edit photos and images that I find.
As of now, my slide show presentation states that anonymous online authors can control their level of anonymity. While I still agree with this theory, I also hope to look more into who can be classified as an anonymous online author. I was originally thinking in terms or professional writers, authors, and bloggers, but I now plan to research the ways that every Internet user is evolving into an online author.
After I have completed more research, I think that I will feel more comfortable starting my research paper. I want to come up with a clear theory that I feel I can strongly support before I begin writing. Though I still have a great deal of work left to do, I feel confident that I am on track to produce a well constructed research project.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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I like that you've really defined your research question, something I haven't officially done enough. I think you've got your work cut out for you, though. You're going to have a hard time convincing people that something posted online can be as anonymous as the user wants it to be. Computers leave trails, no matter what, and even if there is nothing but an IP address, it can still be linked to an author. People in law enforcement can track down virtually anything.
I realy like your opening picture! Actually all of your pictures are very creative and help to guide the thinking of your project, rather than just illustrations. You do a great job at presenting your theory rather than just explaning what an anonymous author means. I would also suggest uing different sites as examples of sites that use anonymoous authors sych like blogger.com. You could incorportae Social Media into your presentation to help explain the idea of an anonymous author. You have great assertions and claims. Overall, this is a very good presentation.
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